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Overview

Anup Agrawal is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States and specializes in research within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work spans several subfields including Accounting, Finance, Management Science and Operations Research, Economics and Econometrics, and Management Information Systems.

Their research covers a diverse range of topics such as Corporate Finance and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Stock Market Forecasting Methods, Financial Literacy, Pension and Retirement Analysis, and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations.

Agrawal has published in several notable venues, with frequent contributions to the SSRN Electronic Journal and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Other publication venues include The Review of Asset Pricing Studies and the Quarterly Journal of Finance.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Agrawal include:

  • "Where Do Shareholder Gains in Hedge Fund Activism Come From? Evidence From Employee Pension Plans," 2022, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • "Does Hiring M&A Advisers Matter for Private Sellers?" 2023, Quarterly Journal of Finance

Other relevant recent publications in related research areas include:

  • "Is Positive Sentiment in Corporate Annual Reports Informative? Evidence from Deep Learning," 2021, The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
  • "Unintended Consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act on Credit Rating Risk and Corporate Finance," 2022, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • "Disruptive Innovation and IPO Outcomes: Evidence from Machine Learning," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators with Agrawal include:

  • Yuree Lim
  • Mehran Azimi
  • Bina Sharma
  • Binay Adhikari
  • Bruno R. Arthur

Best Publications

  • Firm Performance and Mechanisms to Control Agency Problems between Managers and Shareholders

    Anup Agrawal;Charles R. Knoeber

  • Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals

    Anup Agrawal;Sahiba Chadha

  • The Post-Merger Performance of Acquiring Firms: A Re-examination of an Anomaly

    Anup Agrawal;Jeffrey F. Jaffe;Gershon N. Mandelker

  • Managerial Incentives and Corporate Investment and Financing Decisions

    Anup Agrawal;Gershon N. Mandelker

  • DO SOME OUTSIDE DIRECTORS PLAY A POLITICAL ROLE

    Anup Agrawal;Charles R. Knoeber

  • Large Shareholders and the Monitoring of Managers: The Case of Antitakeover Charter Amendments

    Anup Agrawal;Gershon N. Mandelker

  • Anomalies or illusions? Evidence from stock markets in eighteen countries

    Anup Agrawal;Kishore Tandon

  • The Post-merger Performance Puzzle

    Anup Agrawal;Jeffrey F. Jaffe

  • MANAGEMENT TURNOVER AND GOVERNANCE CHANGES FOLLOWING THE REVELATION OF FRAUD

    Anup Agrawal;Jeffrey F. Jaffe;Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • Corporate Capital Structure, Agency Costs, and Ownership Control: The Case of All‐Equity Firms

    Anup Agrawal;Nandu J. Nagarajan

  • Executive Careers and Compensation Surrounding Takeover Bids

    Anup Agrawal;Ralph A. Walkling

  • Do Analyst Conflicts Matter? Evidence from Stock Recommendations

    Anup Agrawal;Mark A. Chen

  • The dividend policies of all‐equity firms: A direct test of the free cash flow theory

    Anup Agrawal;Narayanan Jayaraman

  • Corporate Governance Consequences of Accounting Scandals: Evidence from Top Management, CFO and Auditor Turnover

    Anup Agrawal;Tommy Cooper

  • Who Is Afraid of Reg FD? The Behavior and Performance of Sell‐Side Analysts Following the SEC’s Fair Disclosure Rules*

    Anup Agrawal;Sahiba Chadha;Mark A. Chen

  • Insider trading before accounting scandals

    Anup Agrawal;Tommy Cooper

  • Managerial compensation and the threat of takeover

    Anup Agrawal;Charles R. Knoeber

  • Does local religiosity matter for bank risk-taking?

    Binay Kumar Adhikari;Anup Agrawal

  • Insider trading in takeover targets

    Anup Agrawal;Tareque Nasser

  • Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals

    Anup Agrawal;Sahiba Chadha

  • The Post-Merger Performance of Acquiring Firms: A Re-Examination of an Anomaly

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  • Who is Afraid of Reg FD? The Behavior and Performance of Sell-Side Analysts Following the SEC's Fair Disclosure Rules

    Anup Agrawal;Mark A. Chen;Sahiba Chadha

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan M. Karpoff
Jonathan M. Karpoff University of Washington
Roberta Romano
Roberta Romano Yale University
Ralph A. Walkling
Ralph A. Walkling Drexel University
Josh Lerner
Josh Lerner Harvard University
Raymond Fisman
Raymond Fisman Boston University
Eric Bennett Rasmusen
Eric Bennett Rasmusen Indiana University

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